‘ELO: UK Singles Vol. One: 1972-1978’: Contest

For our first contest since November 2017, we’re giving away ELO – The U.K. Singles Volume One: 1972-1978, a boxed set of 7-inch singles of the first hits from the Electric Light Orchestra. The collection was released on September 21 by Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment.

The boxed set presents ELO’s early output of hits and B-sides as originally experienced by the band’s fans in their native U.K. The collection features 15 7-inch singles plus 1978’s The ELO EP, each fully recreated from their original releases more than four decades ago.

All of the music on The U.K. Singles Volume One: 1972-1978 was remastered from the analog source tapes while each of the 7″ vinyl discs in the collection features detailed reproductions of the original sleeves and labels from the 1970s.

Nine of these singles–including “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Evil Woman,” “Livin’ Thing,” “Telephone Line” and “Mr. Blue Sky”–reached the Top 10 of the British charts. (See the complete listing below.)

From 1972 through 1986, ELO racked up more combined U.K. and U.S. Top 40 hits than any other band while selling more than 50 million records worldwide. During the same period, ELO scored twenty Top 20s on the U.K. Singles Chart (and fifteen Top 20s on the U.S. Hot 100).

ELO was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017.

So how do you enter? Simply subscribe to our email newsletter by 11:45 ET on Sunday, October 7, 2018, and you’re automatically entered. (No need for existing subscribers to re-subscribe… you’re already officially entered!) See here for the official rules.

No purchase necessary. Deadline for entries is 11:45 PM Eastern time on October 7, 2018. Sweepstakes are open to all legal U.S. residents except Rhode Island, age 18 years and older. Void where prohibited. For complete Best Classic Bands contest rules, click here.